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cord-314826-usfvulc2	Sharifipour, Ehsan	Evaluation of bacterial co-infections of the respiratory tract in COVID-19 patients admitted to ICU	2020-09-01		.txt	text/plain	4341	228	43	In total, all patients were found positive for bacterial infections, including seventeen Acinetobacter baumannii (90%) and two Staphylococcus aureus (10%) strains. Although COVID-19 associated deaths have mainly occurred in the elderly with serious underlying diseases [3] , nosocomial pneumonia (NP) in intensive care units remains a major risk factor for the patients and the health of patients, especially when intubated, may deteriorate in the presence of lower respiratory tract infections. Some studies have shown that viral agents such as influenza viruses can be associated with secondary bacterial pneumonia that might occur throughout hospitalization and lead to the death of individuals with or without preexisting respiratory diseases [8] . Therefore, our aim was to evaluate secondary bacterial infections and their antibiotic resistance in COVID-19 positive patients admitted to ICUs in Qom, the first city in Iran to report COVID-19 disease [14] . However, further work is required to investigate whether there are increased mortality rates associated with patients co-infected with COVID-19 and antibiotic-resistant bacteria.	./cache/cord-314826-usfvulc2.txt	./txt/cord-314826-usfvulc2.txt